The classes of Associated Bible Students throughout the world..." But, this is still referring to the local classes, isn't that correct?
Yes, this was the official use of the name by the individual congregations of that time. However the term IBSA was used exclusively by the Society, and it was used collectively of the BibleStudents as a whole. For instance, the conventions were normally IBSA Conventions, although the Watch Tower name was used also.Russell did aloow certain congregations to use the term IBSA to advertise their meetings, these were normally the largerclass who own property, the London Tabernacle, the Los Angelos Temple, the New York Temple, etc.RR